Smear grading and the Mantoux skin test can be used to predict sputum smear conversion in patients suffering from tuberculosis

Purpose: Smear scores and induration sizes resulting from the PPD (tuberculin purified protein derivative) test can serve as indicators of whether a patient suffering from tuberculosis shows smear conversion or not. Methods: Using microbiological methods smear and sputum tests, patients diagnosed as...

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Principais autores:	Saffari, Mahmood, Jolandimi, Hadis Alizadeh, Sehat, Mojtaba, Nejad, Nastarn Vali, Hedayati, Mehrdad, Zamani, Mahbobeh, Ghasemi, Amir
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Alemão
Publicado em:	German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2017-08-01
coleção:	GMS Hygiene and Infection Control
Assuntos:	tuberculosis sputum grading conversion Mantoux skin test
Acesso em linha:	http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/dgkh/2017-12/dgkh000297.shtml
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